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Government makes 1,500 fans miss baseball game because the bathroom mirrors are 1/4 inch too low
wordpress.com ^ | August 5, 2012 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 08/05/2012 10:54:53 AM PDT by grundle

A recent five minute speech by U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) has been getting a lot of attention. He talks about the red tape that the government uses to strangle businesses...

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This is from a blog, and I am excerpting it in the blog forum, which is for blogs. A blog in the blog forum - that sounds reasonable.
1 posted on 08/05/2012 10:55:01 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

I’m sorry, but your posting was a quarter of an inch too long.


2 posted on 08/05/2012 10:59:11 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Defeat Obama. Everything else is secondary)
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To: Loud Mime

I’m sorry, but your posting has to be offered in multiple languages, including Spanish and ASL. You also need to certify here, here, and here that your posting was not tested on animals. We’ll also need to see a copy of the contract to ensure that your post was entered by a union typist. We also have not yet received your plan for reducing your carbon footprint by shortening your posts, pixels aren’t free you know! Also, please certify on the enclosed form where you have not only reduced your posts, but re-used old posts, and recycled others’ posts.


3 posted on 08/05/2012 11:30:56 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: grundle

Convince me that you do not want to encourage hits to the blog by excerpting it to less than a complete sentence.

If the blog’s so hot, then post it.


4 posted on 08/05/2012 11:39:50 AM PDT by upchuck ("Definition of 'racist:' someone that is winning an argument with a liberal." ~ Peter Brimelow)
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To: upchuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1YQDjpuY_U&feature=player_embedded

It is pretty awesome!


5 posted on 08/05/2012 11:46:54 AM PDT by happilymarriedmom
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To: ThunderSleeps

*ouch*


6 posted on 08/05/2012 11:49:43 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1293 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: grundle

This Government”Meddling”is a PERFECT ISSUE that should be SEIZED by ROMNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


7 posted on 08/05/2012 12:01:57 PM PDT by bandleader
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To: ThunderSleeps
Also, please certify on the enclosed form where you have not only reduced your posts, but re-used old posts, and recycled others’ posts.

I am not a good citizen. I only recycle my own post.

Al Gore Forgive me.

8 posted on 08/05/2012 12:03:09 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: grundle
The bathroom mirrors are a quarter inch too low.

Talk about useless and pointless regulations.

Why should public bathrooms even be required to have mirrors let alone determine the height at which they are hung?

9 posted on 08/05/2012 12:07:10 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: ThunderSleeps; Loud Mime

Also: you did not employ an appropriate number of disabled persons in an integrated setting in the production and posting of your post, your boiler had not passed inspection before the post was entered, your post was not pasteurized by being heated to 145 degrees for 30 minutes or 280 degrees for 2 seconds before you put it up, also, you have failed to prove that the flush toilet that you use during your breaks uses 1.6 US gallons of water per flush or less. Disgraceful.


10 posted on 08/05/2012 1:02:42 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

At least we’re not in Canada, where it would have to be in both English and French.


11 posted on 08/05/2012 1:05:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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Government makes 1,500 fans miss baseball game because
the bathroom mirrors are 1/4 inch too low

A recent five minute speech by U.S. Congressman Mike
Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) has been getting a lot of attention.
He talks about the red tape that the government uses to
strangle businesses.

The entire video is worth watching, but my favorite part begins
at 2:23. A government bureaucrat forces 1,500 fans to miss a
baseball game because the mirrors in the men’s bathroom are
one quarter inch too low.

CLICK: Rep. Kelly’s Rousing Floor Speech Receives Standing
Ovation and Chants of “USA!”

12 posted on 08/05/2012 1:20:20 PM PDT by deport
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Was the park even opened for the game to be able to be played?????????????????????/


13 posted on 08/05/2012 1:33:35 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: deport

Fantastic Video, thank you!

USA!!!!!!!!

We need more people like U.S. Congressman Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1YQDjpuY_U&feature=player_embedded


14 posted on 08/05/2012 2:33:23 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: La Lydia

That post probably wasn’t dolphin-friendly nor solar powered. The author obviously didn’t celebrate and promote diversity since he only used one typeface, no bold, no italics, no alternative fonts nor sizes. The poster probably was drinking coffee that didn’t come from a place that supports social justice and fair trade.


15 posted on 08/05/2012 3:59:09 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: grundle
Without even looking, I'm guessing this has to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

As a disabled veteran who uses a wheelchair, I have dealt with the good, bad and ugly parts of the ADA. It's obviously written by a lawyer with too much time on his hands.

Did you know that none of the VA hospitals are required to abide by the ADA? Just one of the many screw ups contained in this government monster.

16 posted on 08/05/2012 4:07:10 PM PDT by airborne (MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
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To: grundle
In the early 70s I worked for a small auto parts distributor. We were opening a new store in an old building and the OSHA inspector showed up. In the restroom the builder used an ornamental concrete block to let in daylight and covered it with a neatly framed piece of glass.

The OSHA idiot told my boss that if the window didn't open the store couldn't open. My boss grabbed a ball peen hammer and knocked all the glass out, turned to the inspector and said, "does the damned thing have to close too"?

We were open for business the next morning.

17 posted on 08/05/2012 8:50:08 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: airborne
Did you know that none of the VA hospitals are required to abide by the ADA?

No, I was not aware of that. But I am not surprised by it, either. Government often exempts itself from its own laws. For 45 years after Social Security was created, federal employees were exempted from paying the social security tax.

18 posted on 08/05/2012 9:14:18 PM PDT by grundle
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